Love horoscopes: Aug. 11 – Aug. 17

Christopher Renstrom is the creator of Rulingplanets.com which is his idea of an on-line, subscription-based, interactive Astrology Magazine. It is based on his bestselling book Ruling Planets, which was published by HarperCollins in 200...

As good as it gets

On Aug. 17 Venus, the planet of love and beauty, will form a spectacular conjunction to Jupiter, the planet of good fortune and higher purpose, in the romantic sign of Leo. Simply put? It doesn't get better than this. In fact, this may be the best day of the year for love. The energy is so romantic and affectionate that even the most aloof and distant of boyfriends will be nuzzling your cheek and tickling your nose with his eyelashes. Leo energy has a tendency to turn just about everyone you know into a pussycat. This is also the perfect time to mend rifts and to rebuild friendships. People just aren't in the mood to fight and to be difficult. They want to make love, not war.

Don't be so quick to declare that you've found the love of your life because you may discover a couple of more contestants materializing by Sunday. This is one of those problems that's never a problem to have. You can never have too much of a good thing when Venus forms a conjunction to Jupiter. These are the two benefics in astrology (i.e., these two planets always bring good things) so you can expect to be showered in an embarrassment of riches on Aug. 17. It's great news for love, money and enjoying the finer things in life.